microstructure
noun
mi·cro·struc·ture
ˈmī-krō-ˌstrək-chər 
: the microscopic structure of a material (such as a mineral or a biological cell)
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This method gave further insights into the armor’s microstructure.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Feb. 2025
New fiber designs use novel core microstructures, such as photonic crystals, to constrain the light to follow the same path through cores with up to about twice the cross-sectional area as the standard 9-µm fiber.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Jan. 2016
These microstructures are composed of overlapping stacks or layers of tissue, resembling the pages of a book, underlying dense, hair-like setae.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
In the female velvet ant, these microstructures include overlapping stacks of lamellae, or layers of tissue, beneath dense, hair-like setae.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Feb. 2025
New fiber designs use novel core microstructures, such as photonic crystals, to constrain the light to follow the same path through cores with up to about twice the cross-sectional area as the standard 9-µm fiber.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Jan. 2016
These microstructures are composed of overlapping stacks or layers of tissue, resembling the pages of a book, underlying dense, hair-like setae.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
In the female velvet ant, these microstructures include overlapping stacks of lamellae, or layers of tissue, beneath dense, hair-like setae.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
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